kṣaṇa

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[mw] m. any instantaneous point of time, instant, twinkling of an eye, moment Nal.; S3ak.; Ragh. &c 324,3 58739 m. a moment regarded as a measure of time (equal to thirty Kala1s kalA s or four minutes L.; or (in astron.) to 48 minutes VarBr2S. &c; or 4 / 5 or 24 / 35 seconds BhP. iii, 11, 7 and 8) 324,3 58740 m. a leisure moment, vacant time, leisure (e.g. kṣaṇaṃ-kṛ, to have leisure for, wait patiently for MBh.; cf....

[mw] ṇatu,ṇana, &c, see kṣan. 039016 325,1 58810 kṣata, kṣati, kṣatin., see ib. 039017 325,1 58811

Root

√kala कल

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Ātmanepada · śabdasaṅkhyānayoḥ

to sound, to count

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Abhidhanacintamani Agnipurana Amarakosa Amarusataka Anandakanda Aryasaptasati Astadhyayi Astangahrdayasamhita Astavakragita Ayurvedadipika Baudhayanadharmasutra Baudhayanagrhyasutra Bhagavatapurana Bhallatasataka Bharatamanjari Bhavaprakasa Bodhicaryavatara Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Buddhacarita Carakasamhita Caurapancasika Dasakumaracarita Dhanurveda Dhanvantarinighantu Divyavadana Garudapurana Gherandasamhita Gitagovinda Gokarnapuranasarah Gopathabrahmana Hamsaduta Hamsasamdesa Haribhaktivilasa Harsacarita Hathayogapradipika Hitopadesa Janmamaranavicara Kalikapurana Kamasutra Kathasaritsagara Katyayanasmrti Kavyadarsa Kavyalamkara Kiratarjuniya Kokilasamdesa Krsiparasara Krsnamrtamaharnava Kumarasambhava Kurmapurana Lalitavistara Lankavatarasutra Lingapurana Manimahatmya Manusmrti Matrkabhedatantra Matsyapurana Meghaduta Mrgendratika Mugdhavabodhini Mukundamala Narmamala Natyasastra Pancarthabhasya Parasaradharmasamhita Rajanighantu Ramayana Rasadhyaya Rasadhyayatika Rasahrdayatantra Rasakamadhenu Rasamanjari Rasaprakasasudhakara Rasaratnakara Rasaratnasamuccaya Rasaratnasamuccayabodhini Rasaratnasamuccayatika Rasarnava Rasarnavakalpa Rasasamketakalika Rasatarangini Rasendracintamani Rasendracudamani Rasendrasarasamgraha Ratnatika Rtusamhara Saddharmapundarikasutra Samkhyakarikabhasya Sanghabhedavastu Sankhayanaranyaka Sarngadharasamhita Sarngadharasamhitadipika Satakatraya Saundarananda Siksasamuccaya Sivapurana Sivasutravartika Skandapurana Spandakarikanirnaya Sukasaptati Suryasatakatika Suryasiddhanta Susrutasamhita Syainikasastra Tantrakhyayika Tantraloka Tantrasara Tikanikayatra Todalatantra Uddamaresvaratantra Vasisthadharmasutra Vetalapancavimsatika Visnupurana Yajnavalkyasmrti Yogaratnakara Yogasutra Yogasutrabhasya mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata skandapurana-revakhanda

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m. any instantaneous point of time, instant, twinkling of an eye, moment Nal.; S3ak.; Ragh. &c 324,3 58739 m. a moment regarded as a measure of time (equal to thirty Kala1s kalA s...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 992
Texts Appeared In: 95

DCS: a skilful charioteer; royal coachman (as a particular character) | Monier-Williams: kzaRa ˚Ratu , ˚Rana , &c. See √ kzan .

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Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: kṣaṇa

durlabho mānuṣo deho dehināṃ kṣaṇabhaṅguraḥ
Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: kṣaṇa

saṃsāre 'smin kṣaṇārdho 'pi satsaṅgaḥ śevadhir nṛṇām
Spandakārikānirṇaya surface: kṣaṇam

kṣaṇam apīśa manāgapi maiva bhūt tvadvibhedarasakṣatisāhasam